--- Forwarded Message from "Chapman, Annelie (FLITC)" <[log in to unmask]> --- >From: "Chapman, Annelie (FLITC)" <[log in to unmask]> >To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: RE: #7038 software or program? >Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 14:03:44 -0800 ------------------ While it could probably be called a "program" if only because of the many possible meanings of this word, I would suggest calling it something like a "computer-based learning module". The primary reason for this somewhat lengthy categorization: it conveys the fact that intellectual property of an instructional nature underlies it, and I would think this would be important to convey. Annelie Chapman Foreign Language IT Coordinator UCLA Center for Digital Humanities -----Original Message----- From: LLTI-Editor To: [log in to unmask] Sent: 2/13/2003 2:14 PM Subject: #7038 software or program? --- Forwarded Message from Ursula Williams <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 16:02:41 -0500 >To: [log in to unmask] >From: Ursula Williams <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: software or program? Greetings, colleagues, Here's a little conundrum for this slow time: A colleague is currently developing a "THING" that will help students learn idioms. It works on a computer. It is interactive and is multi-media based. It will be stored on a CD-ROM. What shall the colleague call this thing? Is it software or is it a program? Dictionaries seem to make no distinction. (Later on, when this colleague is up for tenure, what kind of publication would this be called?) Thanks in advance for what I hope will be an interesting discussion. -- Ursula Williams Director, Language Resource Center http://www.nd.edu/~lrc 201 O'Shaughnessy Hall University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, In 46556 574.631.5881